Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Keeley Coleman The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Payno I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Benedito Dias Rodrigues Who has the control of the news has the truth to the mass,this saying apply just to cluelees people,nowadays everyone goes to school to learn about everything, and has a countless of books which describes every single fact from the past, whatever point of view,this picture made as jews propaganda to show to the world how they were considered a choosen people,sponsored by Israel and jews producers they tried change the history,actually Masada had just a little group called Zealots who today we shall them as terrorist,after the about few months of siege following to building a ramp to reach to the plateau's walls,when the tower war machine destrroyed it,all them already committed suicide or were killing by the leaders,the second option is probable more sustainable according some sources,more the suicide is forbiden by Jewish's law,anyway back to the picture just worthy for a fine performance by english actors O'toole,Quayle and Warner for them 6 out 10!!!Resume:First watch: 1983 / How many: 2 / Source: TV-DVD / Rating: 6

HarlekwinBlog The drama presented here is well structured and well acted. Peter O'Tool and Peter Strauss bring a sense of depth to their characters and are more than ably supported by the rest of the cast. Production looks perhaps a little dated compared to modern standards.The series was filmed in Judea, lending a authenticity to the shots. We were lucky enough to visit the Holy Land in 2017. Part of our trip was to Masada. Knowing just a little of the historic context makes the drama more fulfilling but a worthy watch without it.

kayaker36 This mini-series, finally out on DVD, has a lot going for it. Director Boris Sagal's thirty year career in television went back to the earliest days of commercial broadcasting. Some affecting melodies are contributed by Jerry Goldsmith, another Hollywood veteran whose pen has given us dozens of memorable movie themes. But most unique is the script: literate, with touches of real erudition. Nice to be reminded what network television was like before the Great Dumbdown. Jewish Peter Strauss from Albany, NY gives a sincere performance as the leader of the Zealots. Unfortunately he comes off as too sensitive, too Ivy League, to be credible as a man who could command 900 people to commit suicide. Tall, exotic Barbara Carrera is captivating as Sheva, the Roman general's Jewish concubine--her indefinable accent so appealing. It's emphasized that she is from sophisticated Alexandria and has nothing in common with the Jewish defenders of Masada, who are a scruffy collection of ultra-orthodox fanatics and out-and-out thugs. Yet there is no chemistry between her and O'Toole. It is as if each found the other physically repellent. Granted, Silva wanted to behave toward her in a civilized, gentlemanly way--as is proper for a Roman patrician. But that is a virtue here taken too far. He is so dispassionate that any sense of male and female is lacking. Before him is a young and beautiful woman, his for the taking, yet all he does is talk, and talk, and talk. She, too seems to have a submitting problem--at least so far as Silva is concerned. The more they come to know each other, the colder she acts! It's no surprise that in the end Sheva chooses to return to the same shadowy world from which she came.

sharlyfarley Honor is due all around. First, credit must go to Joel Oliansky, who developed Gann's slender book into full-range drama with wit and wisdom. Boris Segal directs a huge cast so well, and so unobtrusively...You never wonder where you are, or which side you're listening to; there are so many characters that are memorable, even if they only have two lines...It's the best performance of Peter Strauss's career, and one of O'Toole's crown jewels. Jerry Goldsmith can furnish haunting melodies and epic marches. In short, nobody in this miniseries has fallen down on the job...Except for ABC, who took more than a decade to get it out of the vault and onto videotape, and still hasn't gotten "Masada" put on DVD.The strongest kind of drama is when you can sympathize with both sides; Silva has been saddled with irrational orders for a military conquest (sound familiar?) where none is possible - or even necessary. Eleazar knows only one thing for sure: "No man should be another man's slave." But Rome must prove a point. Rome cannot allow defiance to succeed; the Jewish zealots cannot submit to Roman enslavement. "You can take their victory from them." Mesmerizing...and well worth your time.